Lindisfarne - Rose Bay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Lindisfarne - Rose Bay

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Over 62% of working residents in Lindisfarne - Rose Bay drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes rely on vehicles, the area has a higher rate of public transport use for commuting than both the state and national figures.

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📍 Lindisfarne - Rose Bay, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have one or two cars, with only 5.7% of homes having no motor vehicle. This figure is about the same as the Tasmanian average and has fallen slightly since 2011.

5.7% ▼ -24.6%

Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 7.5%
  • 2016: 5.5%
  • 2021: 5.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Lindisfarne - Rose Bay splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use for commuting is much higher than most areas at 5.7%, which is well above the state figure of 2.5%. Conversely, only 7.3% of people work from home, a rate far below the national figure.

7.3% ▲ +147.6%

Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 7.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

5.7% ▼ -19.1%

Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 7.0%
  • 2016: 6.2%
  • 2021: 5.7%

Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.

How people get to work

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In Lindisfarne - Rose Bay, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area is served by 28 bus routes and 51 stops, providing more stops per person than most other areas. Despite this, the number of people reachable within 45 minutes by transit is smaller than in about 75% of similar areas.

51

Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

6.51

Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

933.1

Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).

7,830

Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

16,450

Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

41

Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is very efficient, with a drive time of just 7 minutes. Residents also have excellent local access, with some living within a zero-minute walk to their nearest transit stop.

0

Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.

7

Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lindisfarne - Rose Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/601021008/lindisfarne-rose-bay/topic/transport